Welcome to the jungle/'scuse me while I kiss the sky--the clouds came down to meet us when tropical storm Flossie came through.
Flossie was thankfully overrated, but I realized the Weather Channel warnings are too--this palm looks like it's being lashed by gale force winds, when it probably 10-15 mph.
One of our better sunsets
The typical Friday night picnic crowd...
...some have more important things to do
Mom and Dad came for a great 10-day visit, here we took a tour boat down the coast...
...to Kealekekua Bay, famous for the Little Grass Shack song, and Captain Cook's swan song. Our house is 2/3 up on the right.
Helicopter ride, mom's trying to tell us she can't hear the audio--too late!
The pilot multitasked incredibly. Besides flying 6 passengers and giving a running commentary he answered questions and may have been running the onboard video they shoot of each flight--from multiple cameras
Mauna Loa volcano--Mauna Kea is behind us as we fly between them
After passing the active Kilauea volcano we saw new lava hitting the surf--some immediately falls apart into black sands while the rest creates new land. The whole island is less than a million years old!
Is this a guy in a bowler hat, or an out-take for an Absolut vodka ad? (Farmland near Hilo on the east side)
Much later back home--last Saturday--I spotted a flotilla of outrigger canoes paddling down at the coast--5 or 6 rowers per canoe. It was a race 5-6 miles down the coast to the Captain Cook monument and back to place of refuge!
